WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that he appointed Rance Smith, a junior at New Haven Academy in New Haven, as a U.S. Senate Page for the Spring 2016 Senate Page Program starting February 1, 2016. Rance is one of just thirty high school juniors from across the country to be selected for the prestigious... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representative Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) called on the Connecticut Food Association (CFA) to implement a new policy that would prevent individuals from openly carrying firearms into CFA member stores. In a letter to CFA President Wayne... Read More

WASHINGTON – In a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 17 other senators, led by U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), in urging the agency to expand its regulation of methane... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) introduced an amendment to the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 to strengthen Buy American requirements for the U.S. Department of Energy. Murphy’s amendment would require that any construction, maintenance, repair, or replacement of storage facilities authorized in the... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hailed Judiciary Committee passage of the bipartisan Judicial Redress Act of 2015, a bill he introduced with U.S. Senate with U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) to extend the core benefits of the Privacy Act of 1974 to citizens of... Read More

(Washington, DC) – U.S Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), along with Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), today introduced legislation – the Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act – to ensure that the victims of gun violence are allowed to have their day in court and that the gun... Read More

NEWINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Atlas Stamping and Manufacturing Corporation – a woman- and family-owned manufacturer of precision metal stampings and prototypes – is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Founded in 1967, Atlas Stamping and Manufacturing... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, delivered remarks on the floor of the U.S. Senate on the recently-filed Republican Authorization for the Use of Military Force in the war against ISIS. Murphy... Read More

(Washington, DC) – U.S Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today joined a group of Democratic Senators and renowned national researchers, led by Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), in calling for immediate funding of a gun violence research agenda at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).... Read More

(Hartford, CT) – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Congressman Joe Courtney (D-2) announced today that the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security has opened an inquiry into Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s failure to deport Jean Jacques, a... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn), Ranking Member of U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, released the following statement after voting against the motion to proceed to H.R. 4038. “Keeping Connecticut families safe is my number one priority. This is... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, during a U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science hearing, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) defended President Obama’s executive actions on gun violence and called on his colleagues to provide the resources necessary to ensure timely and effective implementation. Today’s... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, during a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on mental health reform, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) underscored the need to reform the broken mental health system and pass his bipartisan Mental Health Reform Act – a bill he introduced with U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.)... Read More

U.S Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)and  Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), along with U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), today announced their bipartisan legislation to continue to support the restoration of Long Island Sound passed out of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, bringing it one step... Read More

BRIDGEPORT – Today, as “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer”, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) applauded the Connecticut Technical High School System’s (CTHSS) Precision Machining Program for their outstanding efforts to prepare Connecticut students to meet the demands of our state’s 21st Century advanced... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, released the following statement on the announcement that Iran has met its initial obligations under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and that... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) hosted U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro for several different events with federal, state, and local leaders around Connecticut. The officials highlighted key federal partnerships in... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, amid reports that a California school district purchased numerous canned food products from producers in China, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) encouraged the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to improve their efforts to help... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after President Barack Obama delivered his final State of the Union address.  “Tonight, President Obama gave an exceptional and unique speech, talking straight to the American public, asking them to take charge of raising the debate above the... Read More

DAYVILLE – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Putnam Plastics of Dayville is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Founded in 1984, Putnam Plastics is a family-owned developer and manufacturer of tubing, catheters, and other assemblies for the medical device industry. With the help of more... Read More